Oriental Plaza project on Au Co Street in Tan Phu District is among typical examples for construction violations in HCM City. The investor Son Thuan Company did not conform to the approved design of the project.
Oriental Plaza project.
Specifically, the company built a garage on the ground floor, instead of a nursery school as designed. Meanwhile, a coffee shop and a car parking lot were built in front of the apartments.
The investor built additional three apartments on the third floor, while adding four apartments on even floors from the sixth to the 22nd.
The top floor which was designed as a technical area has been turned into beauty care and gymnastics services as well as an English centres.
Municipal authorities requested Tan Thuan Company to deploy illegal facilities, but to date, this has not yet been carried out.
Tan Binh apartment project invested by Tan Binh Company has three illegal floors with an increase of 28 apartments compared with the design.
The company was then ordered to remove the illegal facilities and pay a fine of VND1.6 billion (USD69,565).
Ly Thanh Long, chief inspector of the HCM City Department of Construction, admitted the high number of construction violations in HCM City, particularly in districts with rapid urbanisation.
In 2018, HCM City reported 2,419 construction violations and the figure is 1,550 cases in the first half of last year.
Le Thi Bich Hang from HCM City Bar Association said that authorities should consider increasing fines and especially strictly request the dismantling of illegal works.